Stages
01. Oviedo – Grado
First stage is as done as it can be: laundry is hanging on the line (with thin chances of getting dry today), an empanada is […]
02. Grado – Salas
This is the day when Spain was trying to change our mind about it being sunny and warm all of the time. Rain! Thunder! In […]
03. Salas – Tineo
Spanish nettle has this supernatural potency. I've been attacked by one a couple of days ago, and I might never be the same person again. […]
04. Tineo – Colinas de Arriba
Here there are wild goats, wolves and bears. And that.. was a bird.. says my wife. It's a lovely sunny day, and I haven't been […]
05. Colinas de Arriba – Berducedo
No. Es. Duro… No. Es. Duro… No. Es. Duro… My rusty butt it's not duro. Technically, it shouldn't be. It's a good grind, but we've […]
06. Berducedo – Grandas de Salime
Warm day in Spain! At 7pm it's still, like, 32. The stages here are such, that if you out of the albergue's door at around […]
07. Grandas – A Fonsagrada
So, today I opened facebook, and somebody was asking what the most difficult part of the Camino Primitivo was. The general consensus seems to be […]
08. A Fonsagrada – O Cádavo
I'm okay. I guess I like walking with a backpack, because as soon as we started down the road from A Fonsagrada's beautiful center, dominated […]
09. O Cádavo – Lugo
Too many places to go, too many people to see, how can I ever get a quiet moment here?! Lugo turned out to be a […]
10. Lugo – As Seixas
But first, a little nap… You have to love the playful Galician names like As Seixas – what a place, love it. It has… kinda […]
11. As Seixas – Ribadiso
It's half seven in the evening, and looks like the stream of pilgrims past us has finally receded. At Melide we've joined track with Camino […]
12. Ribadiso – Lavacolla
Ay, aren't we tired today, precious. This stage is a repetition of last years success story, plus a bit more. It might be a good […]
13. Lavacolla – Santiago de Compostela
As always, this is one day later. The arrival day is so packed with emotions, things to do and people to hug, that you don't […]
14. Santiago de Compostela
Let's just list the things that went on in the beautiful Santiago over the course of one and a half days. Met with Oscar, the […]
Ultreia!
15. Santiago de Compostela – Negreira
So, after almost two days of partying in Santiago, we are moving on. Ultreia is the word. You know Ultra, right? As in, extra something […]
16. Negreira – Olveiroa
This absolute whale of a stage does not offer much besides kilometer upon kilometer of dusty Galician countryside. One bar for breakfast (tortilla and a […]
17. Olveiroa – Fisterra – Faro – Fisterra
Both my credenciales are packed away together with my regular passport: I will not need them any more, we are done. My feelings about this […]
Epilogue
The Madrid airport handed us over to the care of the lovely sky-blue-clad KLMers who will take us back north. It means… well, it means […]
Pre-flight
Oviedo, charging up
I might have eaten a bit too much. In fact I'm fairly certain that I have, yes. We both have. In our excuse, it was very, VERY good. One of the sidrerias at the cider street in Oviedo took very good care of us. It might sound nice, but believe me, we're both miserable at the moment. The cider here is an interesting experience. […]
